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calm. llE0t -.. -..>J —l. piyang. Mother (in Boyanese); Sh. Kamp.
Boy., 4.
c. penget. Confined to the house, kept under
lock and key, not allowed any liberty, shut up
(of a girl jealously guarded). Btrpenget: to
be shut up in this way; Ht. Koris; Ht. Sri
Rama (Maxw.), 65. Memenget: to keep
(a girl or wife) under lock and key.
Kunyet p.: a medicinal drug (unidentified) 1;
it is said to be used in decoctions for
procuring invulnerability (kgbal).
piyanggang. A large green bug destructive
to vegetables and rice; Marsd., KI., v. d. W.,
Pijn.
*i~ piyanggu. A tree yielding a red fruit the
size of a coffee berry, clerodendron nutans.
This fruit is very astringent and is eaten with
salt as a sambal; J. S. A. S., VIII., 128.
P. hutan: (Pahang) a plant,ficus consociata.
P. jantan: a tree, pellacalyx saccardianus;
also myristica ridleyana.
Lop pingai. I. Faded, of colouring; dulled, of
brilliancy; fallen off, in looks.
II. Burong pingai: a bird (unidentified)
remarkable for the fact that the stmangat is
believed to take its form. The word burong
pingai is often used where semangat is meant.
jP pingi. A plant name (unidentified).
^J pipa. Eur. A barrel; Sh. Lamp., 8; Ht.
Abd., 229..:.a pipit. Onom. The piping or twittering of
small birds; (whence) a generic name for
small twittering birds like sparrows and
finches, cf. chiyak (which is the commoner
form in Kedah). P. rumal: the common house
sparrow P. uban: the white-headed Java
sparrow. P. tuli: a small padi-eating bird
which is not easily scared and is called "the
deaf sparrow," because noises alone will not
drive it away. P. pisang: a small green finch.
Burong pipit sama enggang
Mana buleh sama terbang:
a sparrow and a horn-bill, how can they fly
together; like must consort with like; Prov.
Pipit nak mnminang anak enggang: the sparrow
wanted to ask the horn-bill's daughter in
marriage; a ridiculous aspiration; Prov., v.
supra.
Pipit tuli makan berlujan;
Di-halau, kain basah;
Ta'-di-halau, padi habis:
the deaf sparrows are eating (your padi) out
in the rain; drive them away and you will get

wet; don't drive them away and they will
finish your padi;-a choice of evils; Prov.
P. serunai: a primitive wind instrument
consisting of two pieces of dry lontar leaf
placed in the mouth of a pipe (serunai) so as
to vibrate against each other under a current
of air. Daun p.: a similar but more primitive
form, a serunai not being used. Penmiit
rusa: a pipe on the same principle, but with
laminae of buffalo horn instead of dry leaf; this
instrument when blown into makes a sound
resembling the call of a young deer, and is
used by trappers and hunters to call deer.
Daun pipit rusa: ( Kedah) id.
Pipit is also used (Riau, Johor) as a
euphemism for the penis of a very young boy.
i' peper or (Kedah) pipir. Motion edgeways
or sideways; reeling sideways as a man staggering under a blow; a sidelong motion, in a
sailing-boat. Memipir or nipir: (Kedah) to
be driven sideways as a boat with a heavy sea
or tide on its beam.
pipis. Pounding between two hard substances, mashing, bruising, reducing to a pulp.
Burong terbang di-pipis lada: while the bird
is still flying to pound the pepper (for cooking
the bird); to count one's chickens before they
are hatched; Prov., J. S. A. S., I., 92.
M4j- pipeh. Flatness, flat. Chaching p. or ulat p.:
a tape-worm. Hidong p.: a flat nose.
Kelim p.: a flat hem.
j. pipi. The cheek. Alerah-lah keduwapipi-lya:
her cheeks were red; Ht. Gul. Bak., 47.
lMemerahkan pipi: to rouge the cheeks; Marsd.
The use of the word pipi is not confined to
the cheeks of a human being, but is applied
to the corresponding portion of the anatomy
of any animal; cf. Ht. Abd., 206.,_. piyak. A fold (in the sense of a piece); a
layer, used as a measure of quantity. Sa-piyak
pinang: a strip of betel-nut prepared for
chewing (composed of a bit of areca-nut
between two layers of sireh leaf). Sa-piyak
kartd's: a strip of paper.
Telaga teriyak-riyak,
Merpati berulang inandi;
Kalau tidak mas sa-piyak
Kerja di-mana buleh jadi:
if one has not even a single strip of gold-paper,
what attempt can ever succeed; without
money nothing is possible; Prov.
This word is possibly a variant of pehak,
q. v.,j peka. Attention to; to attach importance to;
not to be indifferent to. Ishdarat yang baik
di-peka: a hint which it will be well to take;
Sh. Dag., 8.

I Kunyet penget, kunyet warangan,
Hndak di-gantong di-muka pintu;
Tuwan penget, tuwan larangkan,
Hati sOhaya sa-bagai runtok.
Ht. Ind. Nate.

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